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Five- to ten-year outcome following medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy with rigid plate fixation in combination with an artificial bone substitute.

Abstract
Between 2003 and 2007, 99 knees in 77 patients underwent opening wedge high tibial osteotomy. We evaluated the effect of initial stable fixation combined with an artificial bone substitute on the mid- to long-term outcome after medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) for medial compartmental osteoarthritis or spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee in 78 knees in 64 patients available for review at a minimum of five years (mean age 68 years; 49 to 82). The mean follow-up was 6.5 years (5 to 10). The mean Knee Society knee score and function score improved from 49.6 (SD 11.4, 26 to 72) and 56.6 (SD 15.6, 5 to 100) before surgery to 88.1 (SD 12.5, 14 to 100) and 89.4 (SD 15.6, 5 to 100) at final follow-up (p < 0.001) respectively. There were no significant differences between patients aged ≥ 70 and < 70 years. The mean standing femorotibial angle was corrected significantly from 181.7° (SD 2.7°, 175° to 185°) pre-operatively to 169.7° (SD 2.4°, 164° to 175°) at one year's follow-up (p < 0.001) and 169.6° (SD 3.0°, 157° to 179°) at the final follow-up (p = 0.69 vs one year). Opening-wedge HTO using a stable plate fixation system combined with a bone substitute is a reliable procedure that provides excellent results. Although this treatment might seem challenging for older patients, our results strongly suggest that the results are equally good.
AuthorsT Saito, K Kumagai, Y Akamatsu, H Kobayashi, Y Kusayama
JournalThe bone & joint journal (Bone Joint J) Vol. 96-B Issue 3 Pg. 339-44 (Mar 2014) ISSN: 2049-4408 [Electronic] England
PMID24589788 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Bone Substitutes
Topics
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arthroscopy
  • Bone Plates
  • Bone Substitutes
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint (pathology, surgery)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee (pathology, surgery)
  • Osteonecrosis (pathology, surgery)
  • Osteotomy (methods)
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tibia (pathology, surgery)
  • Treatment Outcome

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